Friday, April 30, 2010

How to join our club

Taoism is not an organized institution that one can be a member of. Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.

"People often ask how you become a Taoist, what books do you read, what temples do you attend? You don't become a Taoist, you just realize that Taoist is a name for what you already are." --Lao Fzu

Friday, April 23, 2010

First Follower

"The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Derek Sivers

This is a quote from Derek Sivers 3 min talk on TED.com How To Start A Movement which, coincidentally, is about what it takes to start a movement.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Chipping Away

Achieving simplicity in your life is sort of like carving a toothpick out of a block of granite, you just have to chip away all those parts that don't belong.